Movies

Movies I watched in January:
-Tron (I am counting it since it was during Christmas break, and therefore after winter semester, because my life works in the academic calendar better than the real one)
-Voyage of the Dawn Treader
-The Streets of Laredo
-Metropolis (with the new extra footage)
-Lost Book Found
-Bright Star
-Paris Qui Dort
-Deep Blue Sea
-Inglorious Basterds
-Easy A
-Lourdes
-Memento
-A bunch of awesome animated shorts at Sundance
-Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World
-The King's Speech
-Manhatta
-Rien que les heures
-Pride and Prejudice (the long version, but only a couple hours' worth-- at the most)

Film

Some of My Favorite Movies, in no order:
-The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, circa 1979
-Cinderella (Disney)
-Wives and Daughters
-The Never-Ending Story
-28 Days Later
-Le Samourai
-Bob le Flambeur
-Le Boucher
-Corky Romano
-Baby Mama
-Spirited Away
-School of Rock
-Band of Brothers
-Pride and Prejudice
-North and South
-Balto
-Elf
-The Count of Monte Christo
-Singing in the Rain
-Bolt
-Red Eye (with my own interpretation, of course)
-Most anything I've seen at International Cinema over the past few years

Movies I've seen at International Cinema this Semester:
-Ikiru (Japanese)
-In the Mood for Love (Chinese)
-The Gleaners and I (French)
-Eyes Without a Face (French)
-Dark Water (Japanese)
-Let the Right One In (Swedish)
-Megane (Japanese)
-The Kautokeino Rebellion (Saami... Norwegian)
-Les Hyenes (Wolof... Senegalese)
-Millions (British)

Movies I Wanted to See But Didn't:
-Decalogue i-x (Polish)
-Pan's Labyrinth (Spanish)
-Crossing (Korean)
-Psycho (Hitchcock...)
-Ringu (Japanese)
-Favela Rising (Brazilian)
-Vampyr (German)
-Nosferatu (German)
-Ploning (Tagolog)
-Army of Shadows (French)
-Water (Hindi)
-Sweet Nothings in My Ear (ASL)
-The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (Brazilian)
-Straight From the Heart (Hindi)
-Howl's Moving Castle (Japanese)
-He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (French)
-The Pope's Toilet (Spanish)

FINALS

Things To Do This Week:
-Film paper/scene presentation
-Latin final
-GRADUATE!
-General commencement
-FHSS convocation
-CATS party
-Figure out what to do with the next four months of my life
-Start the process of finding a place to live for next year

Things I Have Yet To Learn:
-Not procrastinate papers (especially term papers)
-Not procrastinate pretty much any homework
-How to play the guitar
-Self-control (especially with sugar/desserts involved)
-How to be nice to people
-How to run properly
-Nutrition
-How to talk to other people
-When staring is appropriate in public
-Girly things

early morning procrastination

Consequences of Living in Utah:
-Dry skin
-Forgetting what it's like outside of "the bubble"
-Excessive judging
-Dressing in layers (who knows what the weather will REALLY be like any given day?)
-Dressing modestly

Things to Be Excited About This Week:
-Lauren coming to visit
-Watching Pleine Soleil in film class
-Finishing the midterm for French class
-St Patrick's Day (actually it's one of my least favorite holidays...)
-Watching Le Doulos

Jean-Pierre Melville Films I Have Seen:
-Le Samourai
-Bob le Flambeur
-Les Enfants Terribles
-Le Cercle Rouge
-L'armee des Ombres

A New Semester

Classes I'm Taking This Semester:
-German 103 (intensive first year)
-Latin 111 (intensive first year)
-French 453 (aesthetics of crime in french cinema-- kind of a retake)

My Plans For Next Year:
-Plan A: English teaching assistantship in France
-Plan B: Masters program in French at BYU
-Plan C: Job
-Plan D: ?

Things That Help Me De-Stress This Past Week:
-Listening to James P. Johnson, Scott Joplin, and Fats Waller
-Studying for Latin and German
-Facebook (doesn't do anything but make me forget what time it is, but it's a temporary relief)
-Pretending to clean my room, but really just moving things to different places
-Sitting in the front room of my house
-Trying to get in contact with people
-Getting things crossed off my (mostly unwritten) to-do lists